Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.

0 with their difference

Web 1.0 –
Web 1.0 refers to the first stage of the World Wide Web evolution. Earlier, there were
only few content creators in Web 1.0 with the huge majority of users who are
consumers of content. Personal web pages were common, consisting mainly of static
pages hosted on ISP-run web servers, or on free web hosting services.
In Web 1.0 advertisements on websites while surfing the internet is banned. Also, in
Web 1.0, Ofoto is an online digital photography website, on which user could store,
share, view and print digital pictures. Web 1.0 is a content delivery network (CDN)
which enables to showcase the piece of information on the websites. It can be used as
personal websites. It costs to user as per pages viewed. It has directories which enable
user to retrieve a particular piece of information.
Four design essentials of a Web 1.0 site include:
1. Static pages.
2. Content is served from the server’s file-system.
3. Pages built using Server Side Includes or Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
4. Frames and Tables used to position and align the elements on a page.

Web 2.0 –
Web 2.0 refers to world wide website which highlight user-generated content, usability
and interoperability for end users. Web 2.0 is also called participative social web. It does
not refer to a modification to any technical specification, but to modify in the way Web
pages are designed and used. The transition is beneficial but it does not seem that
when the changes are occurred. An interaction and collaboration with each other is
allowed by Web 2.0 in a social media dialogue as creator of user-generated content in a
virtual community. Web 1.0 is enhanced version of Web 2.0.
The web browser technologies are used in Web 2.0 development and it includes AJAX
and JavaScript frameworks. Recently, AJAX and JavaScript frameworks have become
a very popular means of creating web 2.0 sites.
Five major features of Web 2.0 –
1. Free sorting of information, permits users to retrieve and classify the information
collectively.
2. Dynamic content that is responsive to user input.
3. Information flows between site owner and site users by means of evaluation &
online commenting.
4. Developed APIs to allow self-usage, such as by a software application.
5. Web access leads to concern different, from the traditional Internet user base to a
wider variety of users.
Usage of Web 2.0 –
The social Web contains a number of online tools and platforms where people share
their perspectives, opinions, thoughts and experiences. Web 2.0 applications tend to
interact much more with the end user. As such, the end user is not only a user of the
application but also a participant by these 8 tools mentioned below:
 1. Podcasting
2. Blogging
3. Tagging
4. Curating with RSS
5. Social bookmarking
6. Social networking
7. Social media
8. Web content voting

Web 3.0 –
It refers the evolution of web utilization and interaction which includes altering the Web
into a database. In enables the upgradation of back-end of the web, after a long time of
focus on the front-end (Web 2.0 has mainly been about AJAX, tagging, and another
front-end user-experience innovation). Web 3.0 is a term which is used to describe
many evolutions of web usage and interaction among several paths. In this, data isn’t
owned but instead shared, where services show different views for the same web / the
same data.
The Semantic Web (3.0) promises to establish “the world’s information” in more
reasonable way than Google can ever attain with their existing engine schema. This is
particularly true from the perspective of machine conception as opposed to human
understanding. The Semantic Web necessitates the use of a declarative ontological
language like OWL to produce domain-specific ontologies that machines can use to
reason about information and make new conclusions, not simply match keywords.
Below are 5 main features that can help us define Web 3.0:
1. Semantic Web
The succeeding evolution of the Web involves the Semantic Web. The semantic
web improves web technologies in demand to create, share and connect content
through search and analysis based on the capability to comprehend the meaning
of words, rather than on keywords or numbers.
2. Artificial Intelligence
Combining this capability with natural language processing, in Web 3.0, computers
can distinguish information like humans in order to provide faster and more
relevant results. They become more intelligent to fulfil the requirements of users.
3. 3D Graphics
The three-dimensional design is being used widely in websites and services in
Web 3.0. Museum guides, computer games, ecommerce, geospatial contexts, etc.
are all examples that use 3D graphics.
4. Connectivity
With Web 3.0, information is more connected thanks to semantic metadata. As a
result, the user experience evolves to another level of connectivity that leverages
all the available information.
5. Ubiquity
Content is accessible by multiple applications, every device is connected to the
web, the services can be used everywhere.
 WEB 1.0 WEB 2.0 WEB 3.0

Mostly Read- Portable and

Only Wildly Read-Write Personal

Company Focus Community Focus Individual Focus

Live-streams /

Home Pages Blogs / Wikis Waves

Consolidating

Owning Content Sharing Content Content

Web Forms Web Applications Smart Applications

Directories Tagging User Behaviour

Page Views Cost Per Click User Engagement

Banner Interactive Behavioural

Advertising Advertising Advertising

Britannica Online Wikipedia The Semantic Web

HTML/Portals XML / RSS RDF / RDFS / OWL

Web 1.0
It is the “readable” phrase of the World Wide Web with flat data. In Web 1.0, there is only
limited interaction between sites and web users. Web 1.0 is simply an information portal
where users passively receive information without being given the opportunity to post
reviews, comments, and feedback.

Web 2.0
It is the “writable” phrase of the World Wide Web with interactive data. Unlike Web 1.0, Web 2.0
facilitates interaction between web users and sites, so it allows users to interact more freely with each
other. Web 2.0 encourages participation, collaboration, and information sharing. Examples of Web
2.0 applications are Youtube, Wiki, Flickr, Facebook, and so on.

Web 3.0
It is the “executable” phrase of Word Wide Web with dynamic applications, interactive services, and
“machine-to-machine” interaction. Web 3.0 is a semantic web which refers to the future. In Web 3.0,
computers can interpret information like humans and intelligently generate and distribute useful
content tailored to the needs of users. One example of Web 3.0 is Tivo, a digital video recorder. Its
recording program can search the web and read what it finds to you based on your preferences.